Posted by Martin Heffels on 12/21/05 11:01

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:38:26 +0000, allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk (Antony
Lacey) wrote:

>I think I read somewhere that aircraft engines are a frequency very
>close to the human voice, and are the hardest thing to remove from an
>audio track - can anyone confirm that?

Aren't you answering your own question already? :) Think about it, if you
start chopping in the frequencies which are in the spectrum of voice, the
voice will get seriously affected.

>I'm just learning all about audio, I've never had to pay much attention
>to it in my filming before, most of what I've filmed has been outdoor
>activities, where the captured sound has been suitable.

Good stuff. Sound is half the experience of a movie.

>Now I'm doing other types of filming sound has become more important,
>and I'm having to learn all about it. I've gone back to college (a
>mature student at 40 and following a health scare) to improve my skills,
>and audio has been one area I've been learning a lot about.

It's fun to start "hearing" eh? It's something I dealt with while teaching
my students, they never believed me. The one's who went into sound,
gradually discovered that if you actually listen (concentrate on the
sound), you hear so much more.

>And the one thing I've avoided is recording while there are any aircraft
>flying over - I did one take deliberately and tried to remove the
>aircraft noise, almost impossible without making the voices sound like
>strangled chickens!

There you go, the proof is in the pudding :)

cheers

-martin-
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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

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